Monique Schiess and AfrikaBurn

As a founder and co-producer of one of the largest and oldest
Burning Man events, Monique Shiess has a lot going on. AfrikaBurn
does too. Started in 2007, it averages 10,000 participants
annually in recent years. 


Monique shares its origins with Stuart and Andie. From the EDM
scene, gallery spaces, queer community, and producers of “weird
gatherings,” they birthed AfrikaBurn with roots in anarchy,
trickster energy and hippie-dom. 


They explore how to be welcoming, not just radically inclusive,
in the aftermath of Apartheid, and the context of global trends,
on the land of indigenous people.


Then there’s the fun part. Monique says that play is the vector
for changing the world by accessing aspects of yourself that go
dormant in the default world, and that all Burn movements have
paradigm shifting potential while also having a ton of fun with
“the best humans that exist.”


www.afrikaburn.org


AfrikaBurn (Wikipedia)


Practising Imagining (TEDx Cape Town)


Events Change Lives: AfrikaBurn Legacy Case Study


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